Recently, Margaret from Runcorn has sent us 35mm prints, that depict various anomalies, taken by her or her family, often on holidays.  None of these anomalies was seen by the naked eye at the time of taking the photograph. 

[All photographs in this section © Margaret B]

Cyprus, 1998 - Taken by Margaret's father while on holiday.  The disk-like object highlighted upper-left of the picture in the original has been enlarged 5x in the centre image, and an emboss filter has been applied to this image.

Zakynthos, 1997 - A cloud-like mass seen in an otherwise blue sky.  A 5x zoom is shown centre, and an emboss-filtered version on the right.  This filter is inconclusive here, except to show that the cloud-like mass doesn't show any 'solidity'.

Manchester Airport, 2001 - Again, another disk-like object captured in a normal photograph.  The 'disk' is very small and indistinct, and further analysis is difficult, but the emboss filter suggests a solid object..

 Sherdley 2001 - This is an exception to an 'invisible' object.  However, in this case Margaret and her husband were looking at a metallic-looking UFO, which they tried to photograph.  The 'blue streak' was how this was captured by the camera!

 Llangolen, 2000 - Another instance of a 'blue streak', but in this instance there was no object seen in what was a normal 'tourist' type photo in the Welsh countryside.  The almost comet-like streak is very suggestive of a trail being left by a fast-moving object, or even an exhaust trail left by some sort of aircraft.  An emboss filter applied separates the 'trail' more than I would expect (compare with the same filter applied to the above Sherdley 'blue streak').

 Runcorn 2001 - A photograph of a striking cloudbank being illuminated by a low sun - although this was shot in colour, I've reproduced it here in greyscale, as this highlights the object better.  The bullet-like object seen low down over the rooftops was not seen at the time.  Under certain magnifications and enhancements, it is possible to discern an apparent trail being emitted from the tight side of the object, suggesting it is travelling at speed to camera left.  An emboss filter applied seems to indicate a solid object.

Runcorn, 2002 - This photo was taken while Margaret was experimenting with Solar Obliteration techniques.  The large dark object was captured (although another feinter object- apparently faster moving - is seen in the original, but not on the scanned image).  The sun was to the bottom-left corner, so the dark object is not obviously a flare thru the centre of the lens.  Interestingly, when the emboss filter is applied, the object stands out in much greater relief than any other part of the image, and there is no splitting of the 'object elements'.

Southport - February 2003:  Another Solar Obliteration image.  This curiously depicts a very similar-shaped object to the previous Solar Obliteration photo, but this time much feinter.  This feintness is also reflected in the difficulty in detecting edges or solidity when applying filters.  The section of the original image is above left, with the emboss filter applied above right.

Manchester Airport - February 2003

A curious 'rectangular light' unexpectedly snapped while at Manchester Airport.  Contrary to what might be assumed, the photo was not taken from behind glass, so the light is not a simple reflection of a light behind the photographer.  Applying filters has been inconclusive, as no obvious 'edges' or solidity of the light can be detected.  Emboss filter gives the most curious results, as numerous elements in the image show light/dark split in different directions.

  Devon 2003 - UFO with Sea King

Another recent photo from Margaret, taken while on a beach in Devon in the early summer of 2003.  The main point of interest was the SAR Sea King - which itself gives us useful points of reference.  However, on examining the resultant photo, the curious anomaly top left of the frame was seen.  It isn't blurred as the rotors of the helicopter, so was moving slow in comparison, and doesn't really seem to have the obvious outline of a bird in flight - a gull is the most obvious thought at a beach.  The light and shade certainly suggests a solid object of some sort, and indeed the light and shade matches that of the Sea King, so suggests the object was solid and up in front of the camera. 

My only thought is that the man far left has a stance suggestive of trying to fly a kite (he certainly doesn't appear to be taking notice of the helicopter) - is the object a kite?  That said, Margaret is confident that this man wasn't flying a kite, so we are left with a 'genuine' UFO, in that it is unidentified.